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March 4, 2020
CANATICS CEO Ben Kosic is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Storah as Chair of the Board. Jason is the CEO of Aviva Canada and was recently featured in the 2019 Insurance Business top 100 global leaders.
April 6, 2019
CANATICS CEO Ben Kosic is pleased to announce the appointment of Denis Dubois as Chair of the Board. Denis is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Desjardins General Insurance Group and a member of the Desjardins Group Management Committee.
April 1, 2019
Toronto, April 1, 2019 – CANATICS is pleased to announce the appointment of
Denis Dubois as the new Chair of the Board of Directors.
April 20, 2017
TORONTO, April 20, 2017 /CNW/ - CANATICS is pleased to announce Kathy Bardswick as the new Chair of the Board of Directors.
Among her many achievements and leadership roles, Kathy served as President and CEO of The Co-operators Group from 2002 to 2016. She has also served as Chair of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction.
September 2016
Staged collisions. Bogus billing by medical facilities. Identity theft of medical practitioners. These are just some of the fraudulent activities conducted by organized insurance crime rings in Canada — sophisticated operations that involve everyone from drivers to tow-truck...
July 19, 2016
Toronto, July 19, 2016 – CANATICS has enhanced the insurance industry’s ability to identify and combat organized auto insurance fraud, according to the Honourable Charles Sousa, Ontario’s Minister of Finance.
Minister Sousa was speaking about the importance of data analytics in the fight against fraud at the recent Insurance Analytics Canada Summit in Toronto, hosted by FC Business Intelligence.
May 17 2016
Canadian National Insurance Crime Services (CANATICS) recently became one of the first organizations to receive Privacy By Design (PbD) certification from the Privacy and Big Data Institute at Ryerson University.1 CANATICS is a not-for-profit corporation established by Canadian insurance companies to assist in combatting organized and premeditated insurance fraud in a manner that protects and respects individual privacy.
April 30, 2015
You might have as many scams as you do car models. The ol’ flash-for-cash is one—where they blink you and try to coax you to make a turn, and then the creep accelerates and plows into you. Rinse and repeat. The fraudster goes from place to place, hits different insurers, changes their name slightly, and it’s been difficult for any single company to spot the pattern.
March 14, 2016
"The fraudsters move fast. The insurance industry has to move faster," said Ben Kosic CEO, CANATICS. CANATICS, the latest tool in the fight against auto insurance fraud, is pleased to announce it is collaborating with Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) to improve the industry's ability to identify and investigate criminal fraud rings. Announcements from the newest tool in the fight against organized auto insurance fraud: Proud to receive Privacy by Design (PbD) Certification from Ryerson University CANATICS recently received recognition in the form of Privacy by Design Certification from Ryerson’s Privacy and Big Data Institute following a 3rd party assessment.
March 9, 2016
CANATICS - Canadian National Insurance Crime Services
for their Fraud Analytics Solution
Certification Date: March 9, 2016
March 6, 2016
Announcements from the newest tool in the fight against organized auto insurance fraud:
Proud to receive Privacy by Design (PbD) Certification from Ryerson University
CANATICS recently received recognition in the form of Privacy by Design Certification from Ryerson’s Privacy and Big Data Institute following a 3rd party assessment. This recognition means CANATICS meets the rigorous tests of a globally recognized privacy standard.
April 20, 2015
Is pleased to announce that the newest tool in the fight against auto insurance fraud is now fully operational. The Board is also pleased to introduce the leadership team behind CANATICS.
April 8, 2015
There is a sophisticated new weapon in the war against insurance fraud and its name is CANATICS.
April 8, 2015
CANATICS, a not-for-profit organization created by the auto insurance industry to help fight fraud, launched a tool to help identify suspicious claims on Wednesday.
CANATICS fights auto insurance fraud with help from BAE Systems.
CANATICS and its CEO have been awarded “Privacy by Design (PbD) Ambassador” status for adhering to the gold standard in privacy protection
January 15, 2014
Canada's auto insurers investing in the fight against fraud with the appointment of BAE Systems Detica to provide automated risk scoring and prioritization of suspicious...
January, 2014
In the past, fraudsters have taken advantage of individual insurers who opted to piece together suspicious claims based on isolation.
October 4, 2013
The newest member in the fight to combat insurance crime is pleased to announce its name and new CEO today.
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